PENALTY BOX Definition & Meaning

penalty box

[ pen-l-tee boks ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Ice Hockey. an enclosed space adjacent to the rink for penalized players, the penalty timekeeper, the game timekeeper, and the official scorer:
Prior to 1963, there was only one penalty box in each of the six NHL arenas.
a temporary punishment: When we send our son to the penalty box, he knows to go straight to his room.
I can’t go because I’ve been sent to the penalty box for missing another curfew.
When we send our son to the penalty box, he knows to go straight to his room.
a chastisement or humiliation:
If you dare voice an opposing opinion at these meetings, you end up in the penalty box.

penalty box

noun

soccer another name for penalty area
ice hockey a bench for players serving time penalties

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of penalty box¹

First recorded in 1910–15

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In the City Section Open Division boys’ rivalry game between El Camino Real and Birmingham, the Patriots’ goalkeeper, Armando Cervantes, tackled El Camino Real’s Christopher Montenegro in the penalty box to prevent a goal.

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Instead of playing their hearts out for their country, they deliberately put themselves in the penalty box.

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Three minutes into the first period of extra time, Scales tugged Vaclav Cerny so microscopically close to the penalty box that Philippe Clement complained later about a lack of VAR intervention.

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The walls are in play — and are frequently used to make passes that avoid defenders — while a blue card from the referee means two minutes in the penalty box, leaving one team to play shorthanded.

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Paul Rothrock, who subbed on in the 87th minute, made a challenge inches outside the penalty box that earned him a yellow card.

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